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Benjamin Emerson 1735–1805 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jul 1735

Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 17 Feb 1805

Death Location: Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Father: Theadotea Emerson

Mother: Elizabeth King

Spouse(s): Hannah Bliss

Children(s): Mary Emerson, Sybil Emerson, Rhoda Emerson, David Emerson, Benjamin Emerson

The story of Benjamin Emerson began in 1735 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Benjamin Emerson married Elizabeth Lindley, Hannah Bliss, and had children including Benjamin Emerson, David Emerson, Mary Polly Emerson, Rhoda Emerson, Sybil Emerson. Benjamin Emerson passed away in 1805 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Benjamin Emerson began in 1735 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Benjamin Emerson married Elizabeth Lindley, Hannah Bliss, and had children including Benjamin Emerson, David Emerson, Mary Polly Emerson, Rhoda Emerson, Sybil Emerson.
  • Benjamin Emerson passed away in 1805 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Theadotea Emerson
1696–1770
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
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Elizabeth King
1713–1750
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Bliss
1737–1778
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
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Children(s)

Mary Emerson
1766–1850
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Sybil Emerson
1763–1854
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Rhoda Emerson
1769–1799
Birth Location: Sackville, Westmoreland, New Brunswick, Canada
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David Emerson
1772–
Birth Location: Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Benjamin Emerson
1774–
Birth Location: Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Benjamin Emerson's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Emerson
1735–1805
Birth Place: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Theadotea "Ephraim" Emerson
1696–1770
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Elizabeth King
1713–1750
Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Ephraim Emerson
1672–1706
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Walker
1675–1749
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Marsh
1670–1721
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Robert Emerson
1612–1694
Ann Grant
1637–1718
James III
1645–1718
Bathsheba Brooks
1655–1738
Zachariah Marsh
1637–1693
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Grant
1601–1643
Jane Haburne
1602–1696
James Walker
1619–
Elizabeth Philips
1618–1678
Gilbert Brooks
1621–1695
Elizabeth Simmons
1628–1687

Benjamin Emerson's Descendants

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Benjamin Emerson (25 Jul 1735–17 Feb 1805) m. Hannah Bliss (16 Feb 1737–22 Sep 1778)
  1. 1. Mary ("Polly") Emerson 1766–1850 m. Asa Bliss 1760–1851
    1. 1. Lucinda Bliss 1800–1889 m. John (Washington) Hicks 1799–1861
      1. 1. Mary (E) Hicks 1825–1886 m. James (Nelson) Goff 1809–1879
        1. 1. Henry (Hamilton) Goff 1848–1917 m. Almira (Ellen) Horton 1858–1941
        2. 2. Eliza (Augusta) Goff 1850–1922
        3. 3. James (Howard) Goff 1846–1923 m. Isabelle (E) Horton 1860–1939
        4. 4. Harriet (A) Goff 1853–
        5. 5. Sylvester (Wilson) Goff 1860–1911 m. Grace Grant 1868–1920
        6. 6. Mary (Josephine) Goff 1847–1900 m. William (H.) Luther 1846–1914
        7. 7. Rebecca (B) Goff 1855–1857
      2. 2. Asa (T.) Hicks 1835–1891 m. Phebe (Wilcox) Knight 1841–1913
        1. 1. Fidelia (Maud) Hicks 1878–1962 m. Carl (P.) Swanson 1870–1960
        2. 2. Sarah (Isabella) Hicks 1862–1923
        3. 3. Anna (M.) Hicks 1858–1920 m. Franklin Keeler 1858–1912
        4. 4. Otis (F.) Hicks 1866–1920 m. Etta (Maria) Lane 1866–1930
        5. 5. Eustace (Velorus) Hicks 1868–1961 m. Bessie (A.) Race 1879–1971
        6. 6. Herbert (Frederick) Hicks 1870–1945 m. Marion (Augusta) Smith 1876–1948
        7. 7. Hesper (Louisa) Hicks 1873–1940
        8. 8. Edith (G.) Hicks 1876–1940 m. Ewin (M) Brown 1875–
        9. 9. Eva (R.) Hicks 1876–1930 m. John (Edward) Day 1870–1899
        10. 10. Lucinda (Hicks (died) young) 1881–1882
    2. 2. Ira Bliss 1804–1888 m. Eliza Atwood 1819–1889
      1. 1. Lydia (Maria) Bliss 1859–1939 m. James (Frank) Peckham 1851–1931
        1. 1. James (Leroy) Peckham 1890–1913
        2. 2. George (H) Peckham 1884–1898
        3. 3. Adelaide Peckham 1882–1970 m. Clark (Edward) Jordan 1875–1961
        4. 4. John (Arthur) Peckham 1886–1960
        5. 5. Minnie Peckham 1880–
    3. 3. George (Washington) Bliss 1791–1829
    4. 4. Oatis (William) Bliss 1802–1840
    5. 5. Polly Bliss 1789–1871 m. Frederick Briggs 1784–1851
      1. 1. Gilmore (Jarvis) Briggs 1811–1861 m. Aurelia (Ann) Newton 1824–1867
        1. 1. Mary (Jane) Briggs 1852–1914 m. Silas (Monroe) Needham 1835–1899
        2. 2. Anne (Elizabeth) Briggs 1847–1899
        3. 3. Emmaline Briggs 1861–1922
        4. 4. Caroline Briggs 1861–1882
        5. 5. Ermina (Addaline) Briggs 1859–1926
        6. 6. Andrew Briggs 1850–
        7. 7. Jarvis Briggs 1854–1925
        8. 8. Adolphus Briggs 1856–1930 m. Anna (Rosella) Largent 1866–1919
        9. 9. Aurelia (Harriet) Briggs 1849–1872 m. Marquis (de Lafayette) Vaughan 1843–1898
        10. 10. Alfred ("Amos") Briggs 1841–1863
        11. 11. Newton (Nathan) Briggs 1844–1861
      2. 2. Frederick (C.) Briggs 1814–1873
      3. 3. William Briggs 1816–1884
      4. 4. George Briggs 1817–1842
      5. 5. Alfred Briggs 1819–1836
      6. 6. Lorena Briggs 1823–1857
      7. 7. Emily (Jane) Briggs 1832–1897
      8. 8. Mary (Ann) Briggs 1811–1874
      9. 9. Lydia (Maria) Briggs 1821–1864
      10. 10. Lydia (Maria) Briggs 1825–1864
    6. 6. Betsy Bliss 1785–1855
    7. 7. William Bliss 1787–1820 m. Lucy Briggs 1788–1857
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Alice) Bliss 1810–1893 m. Anthony Reed 1805–1878
        1. 1. Lucy (Adalaide) Reed 1848–1920 m. William (Edward) Hull 1830–1897
        2. 2. William (Baylies) Reed 1834–1921
        3. 3. George (Bowers) Reed 1837–1913
        4. 4. Mary (Emma) Reed 1843–
        5. 5. Ann (A) Reed 1845–1910
        6. 6. Charles (Anthony) Reed 1854–1871
        7. 7. James (A) Reed 1829–1837
        8. 8. Elizabeth (Alice) Reed 1832–
        9. 9. Sarah (Frances) Reed 1838–1856
        10. 10. Julia (M) Reed 1840–
      2. 2. Frances (Amelia) Bliss 1808–
    8. 8. Asa Bliss 1793–1793
    9. 9. Hannah Bliss 1794–1837
    10. 10. Lydia Bliss 1796–1857
    11. 11. Augustus Bliss 1798–1825
    12. 12. Adolphus (Ferdinand) Bliss 1806–1891
    13. 13. Nancy Bliss 1808–1890 m. Benjamin (Day) Jr. 1807–1882
      1. 1. Hiram Day 1818–1895
      2. 2. Nancy (Maria) Day 1849–1906
      3. 3. Benjamin (Augustus) Day 1831–1909 m. Hannah Kitchens 1830– m. Eunice (M) Fogg 1832–1904
        1. 1. Martha (Helen 'Mattie') Day 1854–1939 m. Maxwell Carpenter 1834–1926
        2. 2. Mary (Augustus) Day 1857–1881
        3. 3. Harriet (Eunice) Day 1859–1941
        4. 4. Lucy (W) Day 1862–
        5. 5. Benjamin (Francis "Bennie") Day 1870–1872
    14. 14. Sarah Bliss 1810–1834 m. Zephaniah Graves 1780–1846
      1. 1. Zephaniah Graves 1834–1892
  2. 2. Sybil Emerson 1763–1854
  3. 3. Rhoda Emerson 1769–1799 m. Charles Dixon 1766–1854
    1. 1. Hannah Dixon 1795–1862
    2. 2. Benjamin Dixon 1797–
    3. 3. Charles Dixon 1793–1867
    4. 4. Charles Dixon 1791–1891
    5. 5. William Dixon 1789–1830
  4. 4. David Emerson 1772–
  5. 5. Benjamin Emerson 1774–

Benjamin Emerson's Timeline

2 Records

1735
25 Jul 1735
Birth of Benjamin Emerson in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1805
17 Feb 1805
Age 70
Death of Benjamin Emerson in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, USA
Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jul 1735
    Event Place: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1805
    Event Place: Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, USA
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